A question about NT Domains

[Gerald W. Carter]

John Harper wrote:
> 
> However, our system arrangement is such that we have two Solaris
> servers - one is dedicated to staff/faculty, the other is for students.
> Each class of user only has access to and account info on their
> particular server. I would therefore assume the logical extension into
> the world of NT domains would imply that I configure both Unix servers
> as separate PDC's in two NT domains (it seems reasonable to me!).
>
> But our labs can be used by both students and faculty, and I therefore
> need the client NT machines to be able to connect to either domain -
> as far as I can tell this is not possible. Is there in fact any way
> to get a client to belong/connect to more than one domain? Am I

Nope.  Only member of one domain at a time.

> missing something, or can I add this to my growing list of "Why I
> Hate M$"?

That's up to you :)


Here's my take on the situation.

I would try to set up one domain a differentiate between services
depending on the user.  In other words, have a single login script and
branch.  

Here's one thing I have been meaning to try but haven't had the chance. 
Set "password server" to be the other samba serber so you only have to
keep up with one smbpasswd file.


-----snip-------------------
rem get the user's group...abitrary...no relation to NT or unix groups

if "%GROUP%" == "group1" goto group1
if "%GROUP%" == "group2" goto group2

:group1
....
goto end

:group2
goto end

:end
echo Done!
-----snip-------------------



Hope this helps,
j-
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                            Gerald ( Jerry ) Carter	
Engineering Network Services                           Auburn University 
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